Majority leader: House will pass health bill

The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP, the nation's premier lobbying group for the elderly, announced it was signing on to the bill.

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House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama

Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance industry and create a government-run option to compete with private insurers.

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Cantor, Hoyer to talk differences on health care

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor says he's going to sit down with Democratic leader Steny Hoyer and try to narrow their differences over health care.

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Hoyer cool to repealing wiretap immunity

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made clear Tuesday that he would be cool to a Senate proposal to take away the retroactive immunity now given to telecommunications companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush administration.

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Hoyer upbeat on health care, less on public option

Returning to Washington after a "challenging month" for Democrats, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said he was confident the House would pass a health care bill this year, but not necessarily with the new public insurance plan sought by many Democrats.

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Hoyer maintains support for public option

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told cheering and jeering constituents Tuesday he still supports a public health insurance option as part of a health care overhaul.

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Senior Democrat says no consensus on health bill

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says House Democrats are struggling to reach consensus on overhauling health care, a divide that could delay House approval of a plan beyond lawmakers' scheduled vacation in August.

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AP: Gov't Plans to Cut Army War Tours

The Bush administration plans to announce next week that U.S. soldiers' combat tours will be reduced from 15 months to 12 months in Iraq and Afghanistan beginning later this summer, The Associated Press has learned.

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Agreement Near on Iraq Funding Bill

Flinching in the face of a veto threat, Democratic congressional leaders neared agreement with the Bush administration Tuesday on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without setting a timeline for troop withdrawal.

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House Prepares to Debate Iraq Resolution

As the House prepared to debate a resolution opposing President Bush's troop escalation in Iraq, the GOP House leader acknowledged that a number of Republicans are likely to support it.

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Hoyer: U.S. Commitment to Iraq Is Finite

American support for the fledgling Iraqi government is not unconditional, and Iraq should expect changes in the U.S. role, incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Saturday.

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Pelosi Makes History As Female Speaker

Democrats embraced Rep. Nancy Pelosi as the first female House speaker in history on Thursday, then quickly snubbed her, selecting Steny Hoyer of Maryland as majority leader against her wishes.

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In a year when Americans struggled to make ends meet, some members of Congress splurged taxpayer money on extravagant meals -- including a $5,380 dinner enjoyed by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer at a Maryland banquet hall, the Washington Times reported.

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This is an example of Nero Fiddling while Rome burns..This woman thinks she is President..I'm not sure if Obama is the dangerous one, except for the fact that he has let his "Girl Gone Wild" in The House if representatives. "Girl's Gone Wild"

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The House has taken to starting on Tuesdays at 6:30 pm and adjourning "before the sun goes down" on Thursdays.

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The central contradiction of Obamacare was fatally exposed : From his first address to Congress, Obama insisted on the dire need for restructuring the health-care system because out-of-control costs were bankrupting the Treasury and wrecking the U.S. economy"

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Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) published an op-ed in USA Today condemning the "ugly campaign" this August "to disrupt public meetings and prevent members of Congress and constituents from conducting a civil dial …

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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(CNSNews.com) - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told CNSNews.com on Tuesday that he does not know where President Barack Obama gained legal authority to oversee a restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler.

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., set a timetable for President Obama'sagenda, with action on the budget later this month and a vote on health care by August.

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has a blunt message for the White House on the issue of earmarks: Back off.

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If the GOP's ultimate goal is to take down the Democrats and regain power, then I'll let Jeb Hensarling make the case against his new guard's strategy in his own words.

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House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.

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House members are set to vote Wednesday on sending articles of impeachment against President Bush to the Judiciary Committee.

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Since last summer, Congress has been deadlocked over whether to grant legal immunity to these phone and internet providers as part of a long-term update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

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when Speaker Pelosi tells the cowards in her House that "impeachment is off the table" because the fight to impeach is too hard, Kucinich doesn't believe her. No one ever told him being a Congressman would be easy. No one ever told him maintaining democracy was a cinch.

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"There are millions of Americans who are part of a national movement to defend the constitution," said Kucinich.

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A veto last week by President George W. Bush of a popular water projects bill was overridden by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, moving Congress closer to enacting legislation that would authorize $23 billion for nearly 900 projects across the United States.

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Moderate Democrats in the House say that majority leader Rep. Steny Hoyer's decision to cut back the House work week by a day in 2008 is an indication that his influence is growing among Democrats to the diminishment of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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The House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D - Maryland) has reportedly canceled a planned announcement of more changes to the nation's spying laws after the House's 72-member strong Progressive Caucus issued a position letter Thursday that said it would oppose any bill that gave tel …

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Receiving a lecture on fiscal responsibility from President Bush is a little bit like getting a lecture on the Freedom of Information Act from the Vice President. That is, it strains credulity. This House budget restores pay-as-you-go budgeting.

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Democrats rode their populist, anti-corruption platform to victory in 2006.

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Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has patriotically provided all members of the House with a vehicle to impeach Vice President Cheney.  Congressman Kucinich has introduced House Resolution 333 - Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney.

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A meeting to discuss the Guantanamo Bay detention center has been canceled amidst rumors that the Bush administration is preparing to close the center. No dice, says the White House.

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In a not too surprising twist, Rep. Steny Hoyer has not ruled out leaving open the Iraq War funding bill until the necessary votes are garnered.

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Congress continues petty dance over which party gets to avoid blame for defeat in Iraq. Meanwhile, 3123 coalition deaths and mounting...

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"Frankly, it is time for the president to accept that we are no longer involved in a nation-building exercise. We are involved in conflict resolution," Hoyer said during a speech at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

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